The Assin Fosu Divisional Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Isaac Arthur, a native of Gomoa Tarkwa in the Central region for trading in

Chief Superintendent Henry B.M Bacho, the Assin Fosu Divisional Police commander, said the suspect was arrested upon a tip-off and terrorising people with a gun at Assin Fosu over a missing goat stating that he dispatched a team of policemen to restore calm at the place.

He said a search was conducted on the suspect and the police found 42 parcels of substance which he [Isaac Arthur] later confirmed to be cocaine was found on him.

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Upon interrogation, the suspect confirmed that, the substance found on him is cocaine which he received from a dealer in Cape Coast to serve as a retailer in Assin Fosu.

He added that he ventured into the drug business because there was no job for him to do after searching.

He said "My father is dead while my mother has no job to cater for me and that is the only option I have now."

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The suspect confessed that each of the parcels goes for GH10.

However, Chief Superintendent Henry B.M Bacho said the suspect would be arranged before court to face the law.